:shocked03: that British copper makes that draped bust large cent look like a half cent :lol: congrats on the two coppers :cheering:
man , i couldn't believe you detected all day with that
Monster coil George , it needs its own set of wheels to move around on its own :lol:hows the arm today ??
well its my turn...
I returned the 12x10 s.e.f. coil i've been using from a friend , so i felt very inadequate with the old 950 standard coil on the dfx and was concerned about depth loss due to the few inches of icy snow we still had at this site. After some shallow "hooked" nails ,it was just the opposite for me i started popping targets very early on in a large field.
my first decent target was this ..
i at first though a larger decorated button but soon realized it was some type of hinged lid , i'm very curious as to what the couple is doing and represents
shortly after that i heard this target in about 6 inches of dirt and under two inches of snow and ice
I'm thinking its either a ladies hat or small sash buckle.
on my next target i was almost sure it was a copper and was just about ready to call Coinnut to rub :lol: it in but decided to recover it first and was surprised to see a large crotal bell .
its very crude with lots or small holes or unfinished casted areas and the letters on the bottom are
H I. with no American makers with them initials it lead me to look up the British ones and they match to [TABLE="align: center"]
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John Higden[/TD]
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heres a shot of the rest of the keepers
other notable finds were a tiny brass woman's ring that may have had some kind of stone and this very decorated piece
and a very thin piece of brass in the shape of a cat that i was really surprised at how decorated it was with hand tooled markings , turns out the item is a pin on type brooch.
also i got one coin a 1876 Canadian large penny still soaking in some peroxide .
Dan
